Fall Opening At J W H Fuchs Store Attracts Large Crowd
The re opened J W H Fuchs store displayed fall and winter merchandise with low cash prices. Owner Fuchs bought stock personally from northern markets and offered items such as 10 cent yard ginghams and one dollar yard silk waistings. Millinery featured varied hats with metallic trims and military style models, guided by Miss F R Hitchens and assistants. Public urged to view displays with no obligation to buy.
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J. W. H. Fuch’s
Fuch’s
J. W. H. Fuch
Fitch
F. R. Hitchens
Lula ‘Holden
Louis Seiter
Colored laborers to seek work in Newark area and New York
More than fifty local colored laborers plan to travel by a special Atlantic Coast Line train to Jersey City Hoboken N J and New York City for higher paying work as longshoremen amid anticipated sympathy strikes. They expect daily wages of 2 80 and board at 1 50 per week, higher than their usual 1 25 to 1 50.
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Jersey
City
Hoboken
N.J
New York City
Greater New York
Carmen
Metropolis
Atlantic Coast Line
Roanoke College Students Heading South to Begin Studies
Roanoke College in Salem Virginia opens the new term with Frank A Huband Jatt and others starting preparatory studies for the ministry. Local notes mention Rev D T Caldwell returning to Richmond and other families visiting relatives in North and South Carolina.
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Frank A. Huband
Roanoke College
Salem
Republicans Call for Hughes Club Campaign Rally
Republican leaders J. W. Brooks and Jos. J. Lopeblin urge all party supporters to assemble at the Court House Friday night to organize a Hughes Republican club and wage an active campaign for the national ticket in the upcoming elections.
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Court House
J. W. Brooks
Jos. J. Lopeblin
Hughes Republican Club
Doughton and Williams Debate in Lenoir courthouse
In Lenoir on September 21 Congressmen R L Doughton and Republican challenger H S Williams held a joint debate at the courthouse. Large crowd heard both sides on Democratic administration and recent legislation with Williams citing data from 100 years and Doughton highlighting his record for the people he represents.
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Lenoir
R. L. Doughton
H. S. Wiliams
Court House
Coughton
President Wilson Plans Campaign Work and Saturday Visit
Long Branch New Jersey September 21 President Wilson spent the day drafting official correspondence and campaign plans while Secretary Tumulty visited New York. Wilson reviewed candidates for commissions and boards he will appoint and arrangements at Shadow Lawn prepare for a large business delegation Saturday. He began drafting his address as a fan attempted to keep score in a no run game.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Tumulty
New York
Shadow Lawn
New Jersey
Birmingham Newspaper Men Fined for Criminal Libel
In Birmingham Alabama C M Stanley managing editor and W H Jeffries business manager of the Birmingham Age Herald were fined 25 each for criminal libel relating to an August 4 article attacking Victor H Hanson publisher of the Birmingham News. Publisher B W Barrett was acquitted after showing he was absent when the piece appeared. A Rotary Club mediation led to mutual apologies and settlement of the dispute between Hanson and Barrett and the papers.
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Birmingham
Ala
C. M. Stanley
W. H. Jeffries
Birmingham Age Herald
Recorder’s Court
Age Herald
Victor H. Hanson
Birmingham News
B. W. Barrett
The
Tnew
Bate
Yemanimar Barber
Rotary Club
Mide
Charac
Ries
Uta
Jeffries
Care in Picking and Handling Cotton
Washington D C Sept 21 Cotton growers can profit from increased care in picking assembling hauling shed cotton and in bale handling The U S Department of Agriculture specialists say careful handling may raise the selling value of the fiber This season with restricted crops and higher prices offers a chance to avoid losses and improve quality of the cotton fiber.
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Washington, D. C
U. S. Department of Agricultural
Cotton price trends and farming practices urged by USDA
Historical cotton price data from 1911 to 1916 shows middling values rising from 9.56 to 16 cents, with current prices near 16 cents. USDA marketing specialists recommend practices to improve grades such as delaying harvest, careful picking, drying ginning, slow machinery for even lint, and protecting baled cotton and seed from dust moisture and handling damage. Cotton seed values are cited to encourage careful storage and planting quality.
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Robert L., Jr
Fayetteville
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Burgaw
Grover Bordeaux
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Falson
J. A. Rouse
Rose Hill
O 'Ne
Isabel Swann
Harnett County
H. F. Wilder
D. T. Caldwell
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Richmond
Caldwell
John W. Hecker
N. A. Culbreth
Mrs. Hecker
Elks’ Club
Jos. Schad
Rose Harrison
Cooleemge
Wrightsville Beach
J. C. Lowe
Harrison
Jackson
Tenn
Asheville
William Augustus Wright
Masonboro Sound
Belle Westbrook
Maud McCleod
Bellilding
John Thames
Washington Catlett
New Bern
Algonac
Mich
Elizabeth Raskill
Vernie Gaskill
Donald B. McDonald
Detroit
Gaskil
Argonac
McDonald
Studebaker Automobile Company
Christian Endeavor Society of the
First Presbyterian Church
R. F. Fowler
Robbie Keith Fowler
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
H. A. Lewis
Marion
Mullins
Cooper
Pee Dee
Butterick
Patteirs
Lenoir County
Doughton
Belk-Williams Co
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jaditorial
Wire Bate
Ari Ry
Wilmington
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